The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-04
NEW CONSUMPTION TREATMENT,

WAY frI HfrTFar a"aH"UF l
NEW CONSUMPTION TREATMENT.
A Conservative Estimnte OF Hergeon's
Meti,od-Too Soon to Call 1t n Cure.
Journal Of he american Medical Association.
II experience justifcs tho claims Of NJ.
Rergeon for his method Of dealing with
this deadly Toe to mankind, he will have
illustrated tho saying Of Horace:
FScsi monumentum aero pc.enuius.
There is another name which should be-
associated with his in honor: that Of
Claud Bernard, since his experience thir.
ty years ago laid the foundation for this
present ~diacovery.
II is not likely that in this or n other
form OF treatment will be found a cure for
all cases OF pulmonary phthisis. Yet such
are tho results already gained in numer.
Gus cases by the rectal administration Of
carbon dloxide charged With sulphuretted
hydrogen as to expose the physician, who
does not try 1t in any given case OF con.
sumption, to the charge Of culpable neg.
~lisence. Therefore, though the majority
oil our readers are probably familiar with
this novel treatment through descriptions
published in this and other journals, we
propose 10 state a isw points Tor the sake
Of any ono who may chance to desire on.
iightenment. Full descriptions Of the
apparatus and the methods OF its employ.
ment are to ba found in the British Medical
Journal OF December IS, 1856, and the
Medical Mems Of April 2, 1887, besides va.
rious French journals, and a pamphlet
published by NJ. Morel, Burgeon's assiet-
ant.
The results claimed by the ~inangurator
Of tho method and his colaborers, by
Cornil, Chantemesge, De la Roche, physi-
cisID in Geneva, Malseilles, P%hiladelphis,
this city, and elsewhere, all competent OBJ
Servers, IRE strikingly in accord-viz., a
lowering Of the temperature, lessening Of
tho sweating, cough, and expectoration, a
feeling Of being we'll, improvement OF sp-
petite and consequent gain in strength and
weight. The improvement Of symptoms
is manifested, moreover, go soon that Eer-
eeon says the patients may be considered
convalescent oftentines in from fifteen to
twenty days. It is strange, then, that the
laity and profession alike are being carried
away by enthusiasm? What other line OF
treatment is there that will accomplish IS
much and in go shoztatime, If at all? Moro
over, Bergeon, Cornil, and others cite
cases in which all symptoms OF disease
have disappeared and only signs remain
Of once active, but now quiescent pull
monic LESSONS. Furthermore, NJ. Chante-
mesae has reported his treatment as strik-
ipgly efficient in allaying parcxysms of
asthma. 1t iB said to mitigate the severity
Of ~hooping-couSh, as well IS to abbrevi.
ate the duration OF the disease. Chronic
bIonchitia 10 also iavorably Influenced,
while s%ep.ieHmia aud other blood diseases
dependent upon the presence OF germs are
likewise amenable to this method of Their
~apu.ics. Enemata of carbolic acid gas
charged With hydrogen sulphide arc said
to be tolerated without Ill effects to the
patient If properly given.
Such, in brief, are the glowing accounts
Of N. Bergeon'e method, which is excit-
ing such lively hopes. Such are the effects
in which optlmislB See the long sought
euro for consumption. We frankly own
they are hatteying, and repeat our asser-
ton above. that they are such as to render
every practitioner guilty Of negligence to-
,na,hod in anitahlo roas, uo'a no' 'fS 'ne
Is there, howovsr no nthor ,;,, - !,
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rb;ch rendar Tho trsatn'.n. e9 ;na1nn;sa;SIs
IN certa;n coseaS asautadiu n@d d. .ha
elemsnt in tha n!n,aa n W.; - ' ~.
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mt den;ad that oImost m,;.ao LOO y 10
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a au ''s aas;m " suio Cannos ~ ssiu 70
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Jsai NJ W;ss nf Ga,a "ah poane. u
casea in which # wso o rnt sa III i. ,.ai, tnios
ated The nn,;en, "@u a nos s' MI me'l .olei.
mon,ba jram w. oyins insiu1 81 ivy
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in whom Il rroSneod r ""I " n.au aseu Nv,
a; o1rhn. ~ o; = So saen severe QUO
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n.on h;moa,f snnar; ~ .iis lns.aace hsr'
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msnt s' nnnn ~ this u ma1hnd ILL., IN o1m ON e G9m'
ndaInhio County MoS;oai son :e. .ne I'M
one cuan IN TIE 'F phiiaa HJcissy 'ntn.lUn1
who nnsr,y exn;rad n IT,. noapi.al
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y m;rtmra ~ LUZ gas caaleea WIN
S,,nhr.st,od hrd Istooh n!su,pnloe ana
s1i 1r"ns hoo ols s'sosen. NJ. oe "a k9che
~ "' trao.na"n aou iapoi.ea case IN wniGh
~. na;na hMt 10 I'll fuuuceu intense colcsiy
to render caution necessary. Do Ia Roche
uf1hefn'ote shinks the treatment mad